165-GHz transceiver in SiGe technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1087-1100

  Laskin, Ekaterina ^a,b   Chevalier, Pascal ^a,c   Chantre, Alain ^a,c   Sautreuil, Bernard ^c   Voinigescu, Sorin P ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STMICROELECTRONICS   (France)

Author keywords

165 GHz transceiver; 180 GHz transformer; 80 GHz quadrature oscillator; D band SiGe HBT amplifier; Millimeter wave imaging

Indexed keywords

BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

180-GHZ TRANSFORMERS; D-BAND SIGE HBT AMPLIFIER;

TRANSCEIVERS;

EID: 42649145403     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.920336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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